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"A"rt Corner: The Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh.

26/11/15

The Starry night of
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most known painting of the artist and at the
same time the one we know less about.

We know that Van Gogh used
to write to his brother Theo about his production but he only mentioned the Starry
night twice and en passant.

In one of his letter the
artist explain his concept of night, definding it vivider and more colored than
the day. The Starry night focuses on the sad movement of the night.

The painting is quite
simple, the sky fills ¾ of the painting.
We can notice a tower,typical of Holland’s churches ( native place of the
artist), but the focus lies in the sky, moving,alive,full of stars. Van Gogh
didn’t use the plein air tecnique ,typical of the Impressionism, but only his
memories.

The use of yellow,orange
and white win the atmosphere of the night; they couldn’t be found enywhere
else.

The yellow, frequently
used in Van Gogh paintings represent the percepition in the sight of
schizophrenic people, as Vincent Van Gogh was.